Responding to Reuters story, Reliance strongly denied making any payments via third parties to PDVSA. The Panama Papers also show that Labiofam S.A., the marketing branch of Grupo Empresarial Labiofam, a Cuban government company that produces vaccines, medicines and other products for the control of carriers of diseases, owns shares in BioAsia Ltd. That company was founded with an investment of 10 million euros from Vietnam, southern Asia and the United Kingdom and lists Mossack Fonseca as its registered agent. The subsidiary subcontracted the deal to two private companies BB Energy, owned by the Bassatne family, and, beginning in 2017, Dubai-based ZR Energy DMCC, owned by Ibrahim Zaouk. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. All of Britain's Big Six energy suppliers, EDF Energy , Innogy's Npower, E.ON, Scottish Power, SSE and Centrica's British Gas, have submitted bids in a tender run by regulator Ofgem to . Fuel Oil Successive . The case dates back to March 2020, when EDL reported to the judiciary that it had received a shipment of poor-quality fuel, even though the results of tests conducted at the port of exit and upon the fuels arrival at the Beirut port showed the opposite. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg. The testimonies suggest that this system has been in place for years, resulting in Lebanon purchasing tainted fuel under a contract signed in 2005 with a subsidiary of Algerias Sonatrach Petroleum Corporation. Longtime Labiofam director Jos Antonio Fraga Castro, a nephew of Fidel and Ral Castro, retired in 2014 amid the so-called revolutionary perfumes scandal, sparked when the company sought to sell perfumes inspired by Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto Che Guevara and former Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez. Potential forms of corruption include bribery, theft, collusion and bid-rigging. Starmer last week called on Johnson to answer, apologise and act over sleaze allegations. The company did not respond to a request for comment. The Public Prosecution in Mount Lebanon has triggered a heavy-caliber scandal, by arresting two dealers who were supposed to supply the Lebanese Electricity Company with Algerian fuel used in generating electricity. BB Energy is one of the world's leading independent energy trading companies. The deal between the Lebanese and Algerian governments was to provide the Lebanese market mainly with heavy fuel oil to meet the needs of power plants, a fuel that Algeria does not produce in sufficient quantities, as the Algerian oil Saharan Blend is known for being a light crude type. Ltd., BB Energy (Gulf) DMCC and BB Holding S.A.L. Asked about Rosnefts offer and the fuel cargo payment, a spokesman for BB Energy said the company had not completed the transaction, under guidance from legal counsel. The Web page of the Cuba-Lebanon Businessmens Council lists a Riad Bassatne as a member of its board of directors and describes him as president of BB Naft Trading and member of the board of directors of BB Energy., Wael Bassatne nevertheless insisted that there are no commercial or financial relations between BB Naft Trading S.A. and the BB Energy Group. He added that BB Nafts activities in Cuba included the sale of spare parts and agricultural machinery.. Venezuelas oil ministry, its information ministry - which handles media for the government - and PDVSA did not respond to questions. Fresh scrutiny has been applied after it was revealed former Attorney General Sir Geoffrey Cox was being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds advising the British Virgin Islands' government in a corruption investigation. This comes on top of his standard MP salary of 81,932. In recent years, the company has become increasingly active in LPG and LNG. Word in the news: black rain Children love it, businesses hate it Pody Lui from BBC Hong Kong explains the rain warning system, and why black rain warnings are taken so seriously. 2022 LOrient-Le Jour All rights reserved. Standards commissioner Kathryn Stone has carried out three investigations into Johnson in the past three years. Published by Larkham Printers & Publishers Ltd, Correspondence address: PO Box 74955, London E16 9EJ | company registered in England & Wales, number: 1335756, registered address: 71-75 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JQ. The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has absolved itself of any wrongdoing in the sale of 942,000 barrels of crude to Lebanon-based oil firm, BB Energy. The report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers decries the environmental evangelism and virtue signalling of the governments plan to phase out new petrol and diesel engines by 2030. This means you can get up to 7,500 worth of measures installed for a maximum contribution of 2,500. Shuja Malik of BBC Urdu visited a village where women have been hired to work in the milk centre. Independent MP Paula Yacoubian told LOGI that she believed Lebanese and Algerian mafias were involved in a corruption scheme tied to the fuel imports. BB Naft did business with Cuba between 1992 and 2001, trading oil for sugar for $300 million, with credit facilities at low interest rate, Coronado wrote. BB Energy bought oil on the day prices turned negative. NAFT TRADING S.A. And the case of Sabradell S.A., headed by Panamericana director Jos L. Fernndez de Cosso Domnguez for a time and dissolved in 2008. The CEEC was set up after H&F Council declared a climate and ecological emergency in July 2019. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to submit the form, - | 01.03.2023. At times, however, the shield of anonymity over Cuban companies is not very effective. Read about our approach to external linking. This article was published in LOGI's May 2020 newsletter in partnership with Kulluna Irada. The practice has been banned since 2019, after a scientific report found it was not possible to accurately predict the probability of earthquakes linked to drilling. The Cuban government used the Panama law firm involved in the Panama Papers to create a string of companies in offshore financial havens that allowed it to sidestep the U.S. embargo in its commercial operations. However, the criminal court announced his innocence to the Algeria Judicial Council, which was concerned with the ongoing investigations in the second Sonatrach case. The biggest donor is Aquind, . This raised many questions about the timing, and the reasons for neglecting it all these past years. and Promotora de Cigarros S.L., two companies registered in Spain and involved in the sale of Cuban cigars. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a lawyer with knowledge of the proceedings said that there is no [indictment] at this point. It is up to the criminal court to decide on the merits [of the case], and to determine whether ZR Group Holding SAL and Rahmeh are involved in the case. The upgrade of the Number 10 flat is now expected to be the subject of another inquiry. (An attorney for Hleiss, who has been accused of fleeing, has publicly denounced certain aspects of the legal procedures.). The current legal proceeding is limited to the Baltic, the ship carrying the poor-quality fuel, which was delivered in March 2020 by ZR Energy DMCC. Last month he and other Tory MPs called for fracking to resume. BB Energy is not known to be involved in fracking but says that it sells oil around the world and is one of the largest traders in the Mediterranean. Could Oil and Gas Inspire Change in Lebanon. Both Mr. Rahmeh and ZR Group have been subjected to a politically motivated witch-hunt underpinned by a campaign to distract from Lebanons political failings. The Public Prosecution in Mount Lebanon has triggered a heavy-caliber scandal, by arresting two dealers who were supposed to supply the Lebanese Electricity Company with Algerian fuel used in generating electricity. According to documents, civil servants were trying to cover for the fact that Randox did not have the equipment it needed. Since sanctions were imposed, Reliance has made such purchases with the full knowledge and approval of the U.S. Department of State (USDOS), Reliance said. They escaped after senior adviser Dominic Cummings showed there was one law for the rich and another for the rest. You can unsubscribe at any time*. It is also worth noting that Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour used to be the manager of a Sonatrach branch at the beginning of the millennium before he was imprisoned on account of leaking information classified as military secrets. The company said it saved Ghana over $2.8million when it sold the crude to the firm at a discount of $2 instead of the normal $5 a barrel. Which groups shape the stories we see in the press; which voices are silenced, and why? Their combined donation amounts to a total of 54 million. Formed in the 1960s, the group's activities span six continents. Rahmeh, like the other defendants, presented preemptory defenses during the pretrial phase, which the judiciary accepted, except related to the charge of bribery, which it upheld. In one transaction, an executive from Rosnefts Geneva trading unit said PDVSA had given its approval for Rosneft to collect payment from trading firm BB Energy for the purchase of 525,000 barrels of fuel oil loaded on Jan. 3, according to an offer letter. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. It is up to the criminal court to render a decision on the merits of the case. The Russian oil scheme appears to have been affected by the agreement between Cuba and Venezuela to exchange oil for medical services, and BB Naft expanded its work in Cuba in 2007 to include the sale of spare parts and batteries for autos and trucks, work boots, farm machinery, hardware for USD 5.3 million.. We made a separate appeal to examine the contract with Sonatrach, but it was rejected. This was on top of his standard MP salary of nearly 82,000. It held all the shares of Euro Foods Ltd., which was registered in the Bahamas and in turn represented ALIMPORT. All of which can give our clients a competitive edge. While former energy ministers who signed and renewed the contract have been questioned, they are not currently at the center of criminal investigations. The new certificates, for 800 shares, were to be issued in the names of 10 members of the Bassatne family, including 160 shares for Riad Bassatne. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence. Miramar Playa. Registered in: Panama Linked countries: Cuba Agent: Mossack Fonseca Search in: The Panama Papers data is current through 2015 read more Incorporated: 21-DEC-1984 Status: Active Connections: Linkurious and Neo4j Officer (3) Intermediary (1) Explore more from Panama Papers Mossack Fonseca The players Furthermore, in this context, the Lebanese judiciarys decision to seize this file can be explained long after companies have been getting commissions on the import of fuel. Thats why the Tories manage to survive scandal after scandal. The document also said that the payment by Reliance to Rosneft would also allow PDVSA to meet unspecified contractual obligations to Rosneft. The contract may be summarized as follows: Sonatrach will give its name to the shipments of Baha Bassatne, who buys fuel from the Swiss company Vitol, for 3.5 dollars per metric ton, while he makes 25 dollars as profit in his deals with the end customer in Lebanon. The women pushing boundaries in Pakistans rural milk marketIn rural Pakistan women milk cows, but male relatives take the milk to male-run collection centres. The Committee on Standards suggested Paterson should just be suspended from the Commons for 30 days. After the return of Ould Kaddour to Sonatrach as its general manager in April 2017, it was not long before he imposed yet another intermediary besides Baha Bassatne. Instructions for the change were sent by Iulia Ispas, legal adviser to BB Energy Trading Ltd. Emails exchanged by Mossack Fonseca lawyers also point to company operations in Syria and Iraq. The low-quality fuel in question was brought to Lebanon in March, under a secret contract signed with Algerian state company Sonatrach in 2005. By April 28, Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Ghada Aoun said 21 people had been arrested in the case, mostly employees of the Oil Installations. Thats the case of Racuza S.A., incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnsons former senior adviser, says that the attempt to discredit the system that found then MP Owen Paterson guilty was really about the PM and his own lies. BB Energy ("BBE or the Group") was established by the Bassatne Family who started a commodities business in Lebanon in 1937, trading grain and asphalt. BB Naft shareholder Wael Bassatne told El Nuevo Herald that his company did not violate the U.S. embargo because it is not registered and does no business in the United States. Yours faithfully, Kalim Rahman. They include Petrobras, Vitol, and Glencore Limited. Some 22 of the biggest donors have gained a seat in the House of Lords in the past 11 years. He said, There is a will to hold those involved in the scandal accountable.. Plus, it is still not taking any of the precautions necessary today. A State Department spokeswoman said: We encourage companies, banks, and other institutions to refrain from providing services that support (Maduros) repressive practices.. The Lincolnshire MP recently criticised the governments plan to bring forward a ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars, saying that a delay would allow fossil fuels to become even cleaner. The Mossack Fonseca documents nevertheless refer to Pescatlan as a Cuban company and do not identify the true owners of the company. The Cuban Embassy in Washington did not answer a comment request for this story. In another document, the lawyer Kabalan instructed Mossack Fonseca in 2005 to issue new shares for BB Naft because the originals had been sold to BB Energy Holdings N.V., a Curacao-based company publicly listed as part of the BB Energy group. . This was in addition to his 49,140 directors salary. In an email, an official wrote that Matt Hancock, health secretary at the time, would send a letter to universities asking for loans of the various things we need. Copyright 2023 BB Energy. Parliament is an unrepresentative, unaccountable front that covers for the real relations of power. This is why parliament cannot be relied on for fundamental climate action. These trading experts are supported by a highly skilled team of operations, shipping and financepersonnel concentrated in Athens. BB Energy boasted of making record profits in 2020 in its annual report, writing that it had successfully captured market volatility caused by the pandemic. Overview of anti-corruption in the renewable energy sector The renewable energy sector is a rapidly growing market that is crucial to increasing access to energy and supporting climate change mitigation. Landlords are eligible for up 5,000 to cover two thirds of energy efficiency work. Please check individual images for licensing details. Little is known inside the island about the Cuban governments companies abroad, but Havana economist Omar Everleny wrote in the early 2000s that there were more than 100 entities with the participation of Cuban capital, founded as mixed [state-private] companies or as branches of companies based on the island operating abroad in areas such as construction, agriculture, food, medicine, mining, finance and science., Everleny, recently fired from the University of Havanas Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, noted the paradox that a country that lacks the capital for its own development has invested in other countries. The motive, he speculated, is the U.S. embargo that forced the establishment of a network of companies around the world to warehouse and market products from the sea, among them lobsters and shrimp., Today the export of products from the fishing industry is carried out through those companies, he said, adding that Cuban officials also created an international network of companies to warehouse and sell the famous Cuban cigars.. Mansour had initially leveled the same accusations against the Lebanese company ZR Group Holding SAL and issued an arrest warrant for its owner, Teddy Rahmeh, which was withdrawn after bail was posted. MPs should take all necessary steps to avoid the perception or reality they are using their public position for private gain.. They usually resort to those intermediaries when entering new markets that are unfamiliar to them, in order to benefit from their status inside this market, which they have done in several Asian countries before building direct relationships with the clients. Twice he was found in breach of the rules on declarations of benefits. A former Conservative minister who has criticised climate change policies and joined calls to restart fracking has been paid 150,000 by an oil firm, openDemocracy can reveal. Its got through to him that there is a chance to inflict real blows on the Tories. In particular, the expensive refurbishment of the Downing Street flat. Above all, the government remains ahead in the opinion polls even though it presides over one of the worst death rates in the world. Teddy Rahmeh and his company, ZR Group SAL Holding, are not involved in importing fuel oil to Lebanon, the representative of ZR Group Holding SAL said, denouncing the charges as a political conspiracy. In one email exchange in 2011 involving a British company representing ALIMPORT the Cuban state agency that handles food and agricultural imports, valued at nearly $2 billion in 2014 that wanted to open an account with the BBVA bank, a bank employee in Great Britain asked why documents related to Miramar Investment Corporation Ltd had been notarized in Switzerland. As Johnson announced Covid safety restrictions in March 2020, the government handed Randox a 133 million contract to manufacture Covid tests. However, Reuters was unable to independently verify if the agreement was implemented and remains in force. The UK energy industry is facing a wave of bankruptcies amid a gas supply crunch that has sent electricity prices soaring, leaving suppliers vulnerable . Ltd., after several rounds of negotiations with a number of companies, the official added. The Tories can get away with corruption and sleaze when theres no real opposition. 2022 LOrient-Le Jour. He also said Rahme was a friend but denied he was giving Rahme protection. Starmer even chose last week to announce that Labour was no longer in favour of abolishing the House of Lords. Last month he and. The aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria is no exception. This article was originally published in French. Translation by Joelle El Khoury. Tory whips threatened MPs with the loss of local funding unless they fell into line. Our role was to advise the council on how to reduce carbon emissions and make space for nature across the borough. Finally, Sonatrach rarely markets its fuel through intermediaries, and its fuel is sold through intermediaries well-known in the market. Their statement mentioned that it was all about a dispute with their client in Lebanon, the Ministry of Energy and Water, around a defect in a shipment that was directed to a company under its supervision, which is EDL, a Lebanese power company. The statement added that the London branch is trying to sort out the problem with the client through continuous discussion, and that it will soon be solved, as the relationship between Sonatrach and the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water is excellent. October 19, 2018, 15:03 IST DUBAI: Trading company BB Energy has raised a $245 million revolving credit facility to refinance existing credit and for general corporate purposes, it said on Thursday. It showed that fuel was of acceptable quality, when another test showed it was not. Fuel poverty and energy efficiency are inevitably linked, the less efficient a property is the costlier it is to heat. MPs are elected to provide a voice for their constituents in Westminster, but when they also have lucrative side-jobs for private companies it raises questions over whose interests they are really serving, said Alex Runswick, senior advocacy manager at Transparency International UK. The London branch of the Algerian Sonatrach published a statement through the Algerian News Agency, saying that whoever was presented by the media as an employee of Sonatrach is not, in fact, an employee in the company, but an independent marine agent who monitors shipments in Lebanon for the benefit of the companys branch in London. The Algerian company tried to imply that the issue is limited to the technical specifications of the fuel. The BVI company was dissolved in 2015. Corruption takes many forms, ranging from grand corruption - the capture of high office of government by elites and the uses of these offices for private gain - to "petty" corruption - the use of bribes or other The publication was sponsored by Global Warming Policy Forum, a think tank founded by climate change denier Nigel Lawson. She has formally requested a parliamentary investigation committee be formed to probe the matter. The Bassatne family incorporated BB Naft Trading S.A. in Panama, with Jrgen Mossack as a director. Many of the Mossack Fonseca emails and documents show the relationship between BB Naft and the BB Energy group through the years. BB Energy, a leading global independent energy trading company, is pleased to announce that it has successfully refinanced and expanded a$580 millionsenior secured borrowing base credit facility (the Facility). The inspectorate registered many irregularities and estimated that this branchs deals with the parent company, Sonatrach, and the ministry of defence involved inflated bills. Hes right, but the cruelty is the treatment of ordinary people and the contempt politicians have for the rest of us. 2. BBE maintains . A convoluted email by a Cuban lawyer for Tecnica Hidraulica, registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), showed all its shares were held by Cubas Tcnica Hidrulica, S.A. A letter sent to the Panamanian law firm in 1997 requested assistance organizing a fishing operation in the Turks and Caicos Islands with Cuban-flagged fishing boats.. Entity: B.B. Boris Johnson initially backed Paterson. The internal PDVSA document said the sales would allow the partial completion of the financial scheme of advanced payments between PDVSA and Rosneft. The efforts to hide the Cuban governments hand in the offshore companies means that its officials, lawyers and other employees used as stand-ins could eventually become the effective beneficiaries of the shares in those companies. I understand Mr. Dupont-Willemin is a Swiss lawyer and I believe it is for the documents to be more transparent and trustworthy. Its ownership was in the form of anonymous bearer shares the owners are whoever has those shares. Lebanese judicial sources told Daraj that the investigation will not be limited to the technical specifications of fuel, but will also include the commissions Sonatrach is making. The document showed that PDVSA and Reliance would pay Rosneft a marketing fee equivalent to around 3 percent of the sale price, split between them. Add your voice to our engaged subscriber community and be part of the change. It is assumed that companies will have more trust in documents certified in Switzerland than in Cuba.. The money is in our account and as yet we have not paid anyone, said the spokesman. Patersons lobbying interests extended to sausage company Lynns Country Foods who paid him 12,000 for just 24 hours of work each year. Ltd., in February of this year to import 2,880,000 barrels of diesel fuel. RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1. Its worth mentioning that influential Lebanese politicians, from both ends, support these companies and compete to impose them as fuel importers. Four high-level suspects, including Hleiss, and Teddy Rahme and Ibrahim al-Zouk of ZR Energy, did not respond to court summons and arrest warrants were issued for them. For its part, ZR Energy DMCC denied any involvement in illegal practices. An accountant for the British company All Worlds Food Ltd, Jose Da Silva, answered: I do not know the reasons why the documents were certified by a Swiss notary. And the cosy dinners, the freebie trips and holidays, the football match tickets and the fat extra salaries to deliver for corporations must all go. Zaouk is connected to Rahmeh, however, through another company, ZR Energy SAL Offshore, of which Rahmeh is a majority stakeholder and which, along with Zaouk, has a share in ownership of the Lebanese firm Domaz Holding. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and conditions and privacy policy. BB Energy is one of the world's leading independent energy trading companies. The Swiss lawyer did not respond to El Nuevo Herald requests for comments on this story. He declined to provide further details. Tens of thousands of teachers take action, Some workers defied a government strike ban, Teachers report more picket lines than last time, This article is over 1 years, 3 months old, Its not just the bodies that Boris Johnson let pile highits the cash too, reports Sam Ord. Edif. MP and former Tory energy minister John Hayes has been paid 150,000 by oil firm BB Energy over three years. It has since been renewed four times. Founded in Lebanon, BB Energy is one of the worlds leading independent energy trading companies, trading more than 33 million metric tonnes of oil every year. If youre rich and want a place of power in politics, donate 3 million to the Conservative Party and youre likely to gain a peerage. But campaigners say that questions will always be raised when MPs take second jobs. They also considered that the profit margin of the company (3.5 USD) was fair, as the company is not charged with any liabilities. But so much of the criticism is phrased as a defence of parliamentary standards and the good name of British democracy. Sir John's earnings put him among the most well paid MPs. One of the directors of both Curtdale and Ardpoint starting in 2011 was Hernn Aguilar Parra, executive director of Grupo Empresarial de Tabaco de Cuba, known as TABACUBA, the governments tobacco monopoly. However, he expressed regret that the court system had not dug deeper. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Ukraine's track record of massive corruption in energy is a sadly familiar story. The proposed payment mechanism is the latest sign of the growing proximity of Venezuelas cash-strapped government to Russia as the United States tightens a financial noose around Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who it describes as a dictator. However, the dates for the first court hearings, which will be open to the public, have yet to be announced. Proceed to our online shop below to find out more about the features in each package. 3. Laurence Robertson . Miqati Says Cyprus Still Waiting for Lebanon's Ratification of Maritime Border Agreement. They have not been called to account for the 37 billion spent on a failing test and trace system. Companies with Cuban capital or activities on the island. Several shipments over at least the past three years were found to be non-compliant with quality standards. Since the Tories takeover of parliament in 2010, nine of the partys former treasurerswho donated huge amountswere given a position as a Lord. The latter said in a televised address that he discouraged Hleiss, one of his childhood friends, from going to the court. In my eyes, we should not expect any verdict before 2022, the lawyer said. 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